Calor drops five bottle sizes - Practical Motorhome

Calor says it is dropping five bottle sizes from its range to try and improve supply of other bottles.

From 1 February it will stop supplying the Cube bottle and the 3.9kg and 6Lite Propane bottles, as well as the 4.5kg and 12kg butane bottles.

The company says it is dropping the bottles because it needs to streamline its supply chain. “Our existing range of cylinders is creating complexity within our supply chain. This means longer change over times and reduced filling capacity on high volume key sizes,” it says in a statement.

It claims there are suitable alternatives within its range, or within the Campingaz range.

It says the 3.9kg propane bottle can easily be swapped for a 6kg propane bottle, while those originally wanting the 4.5kg butane bottle can go for a 7kg butane bottle instead.

A Caravan and Motorhome Club spokesperson said: “The Club is disappointed that Calor has decided to withdraw these cylinders from the market. While Club members use a wide variety of types and sizes of LPG cylinder, many rely on smaller/lighter options to help keep within their payload allowances, or if they have a smaller leisure vehicle which can only accommodate certain cylinder sizes. However, we hope that this rationalisation of their cylinder range will enable Calor to improve service standards for cylinder supply and exchange.”

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PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.